How to Create Booking Restrictions
Booking restrictions define a period during which making reservations is authorized.
To create a booking restriction:
1.Click on the 
Sales Conditions link.
2.Click on the Booking Restrictions link.
Any existing booking restrictions are shown in a list on the screen.
3.Click on 
Add.
4.Use the fields on the screen to define a relative or absolute restriction period.
5.Use the check boxes to define a booking pattern based on days of the week.
6.Click on 
.
Note: To find out which rate plans use a booking restriction, click on the View Usage button.
Relative periods are defined in relation to the check-in date by setting a minimum lead time and a maximum lead time. The boundaries are set in number of days in relation to the check-in date.
Both the minimum and the maximum lead times are optional:
•If only the minimum lead time is set, reservations are accepted only up to the date selected but not between this date and the check-in date.
•If only the maximum lead time is set, reservations are accepted only after the date selected and up until the check-in date.
Absolute periods are defined by setting a booking start date and end date.
Both the minimum and maximum boundary dates are optional.
•If only the minimum boundary date is set, reservations are accepted only up to the date selected but not between this date and the check-in date.
•If only the maximum boundary date is set, reservations are accepted only after the date selected and up until the check-in date.
You can set booking patterns based on the day of the week. This option means that you define the days on which bookings are authorized.
For example, if the booking pattern has been set to MTWTFS, bookings are authorized for every day of the week except Sundays during the booking period defined.
If you set a booking pattern without setting an advanced booking restriction period, then you set the days of the week on which you allow bookings to be made with no restriction in time.
